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by Bhagawaan Gopinath Ji Trust
Bhagawaan
Gopinathji Trust is designed to be a
vehicle for spreading the message of
"Bhagawaan Consciousness" -
Universal brotherhood; Love and
Welfare for All, Hate and ill-will for
None; Progress in Life based on
Spiritual Values. >>>

Lal
Ded: The great Kashmiri Saint-poetess
Editor: Dr. S.S. Toshkhani.
This book represents the proceedings of a National Seminar on
"Remembering Lal Ded in Modern Times" conducted by Kashmir
Education, Culture and Science Society in New Delhi on 12 November, 2000. >>>

In
the Abode of Saints
The land of Kashyap Rishi
standing aloft the northern periphery of the Punyabhumi, called Bharat,
has been described as the jewel in the crown of the Indian subcontinent.
No wonder then that this land of absorbing beauty has, of yore, been the
home of gods and goddesses and saints and seers. >>>

Saints
And Sages of Kashmir
The saints of Kashmir are to
Kashmiri Pandits their ancestors and they represent their heritage. Each
Pandit has a 'gotra', a link to his clan, established by a Reshi, a saint
long ago. >>>

Mystic
Trends in Kashmiri Poetry
Kashmir has given a lot to the
Indian Poetics and Literature. Kashmir has produced many Sanskrit scholars
and mystics. The cultural life of Kashmir has had the impress of great
mystics. >>>

Shaivistic
and Bhakti Roots of Kashmiri Religion
To understand the religious
divide in the Vale it is necessary to go back to the Shaivite roots of the
popular religion. It is important to note that this tradition fits
squarely within the greater Indian tradition. The Rigveda presents a
monistic view of the universe where an understanding of the nature of
consciousness holds the key to the understanding of the world. >>>

Kashmir
Saivism
Kashmir Saivism, with its potent stress on man's recognition of an already
existing oneness with Siva, is the most single-mindedly monistic of the
six schools. It arose in the ninth century in Northern India, then a
tapestry of small feudal kingdoms. Maharajas patronized the various
religions. Buddhism was still strong. Tantric Shaktism flourished toward
the Northeast. Saivism had experienced a renaissance since the sixth
century, and the most widespread Hindu God was Siva.>>>

Kashmir
Saivism and its Echoes in Kashmiri PoetryKashmir Saivism, like Mahayana Buddhism, has played
a key role in the assimilation of different cultures in Central Asia,
while adopting the logic of the Buddhist Acharyas; it refuted the
fundamental concept of Shunyavad and looked upon the creation of the
absolute as real and as the manifestation of the light of intelligence or
universal consciousness. >>>

Kashmir
Shaivism versus Vedanta - A Synopsis
Vedas, which are considered revealed knowledge through the medium of
Indian seers (rishis), are revered as mother of all religions in India.
They form the matrix of all the theistic philosophies of Indian religions
including Kashmir Shaivism. Therefore, the objective here is not to
compare Vedas with Kashmir Shaivism but to present their complementary
roles in the development of post-vedic India.>>>

Saivism
in Prospect and Retrospect
The circuitous upper valley of Vitasta, is the famous Kashmir in the
Himalayan region. There are Harimukh ( Haramukta ) and Amarnath mounts,
branches off from the great Himalayas a little further east, proceeds due
south and encircling the sources of Vitasta, turns north west, where it is
called Pir Pantsal or Panchaldhara now Banihal range ). >>>

Salient
Features of Kashmir Monistic Shaivism
Shaivism of Kashmir has developed between the eight and the twelfth
centuries of the Christian era. This comparatively younger philosophy has
tried to explain all such ambiguities which the ancient philosophers have
failed to resolve. Like Advaitavedanta it is monistic, like Vaishnavism it
is theistic, like yoga it is practical, like Nayaya it is logical as also
appeasing like Buddhism. >>>

Shaivism
& Kashmir's Doctrine of 'Recognition' (Pratyabhijna)
Kashmir Shaivism & Its Three Divisions:Kashmir Shaivism on the
whole, represents a particular religio- philosophical school of the
valley. There are three main divisions of the school corresponding to the
division of its literature into three Shastras : (1) the Agama Shastra,
(2) the Spanda Shastra and (3) the Pratyabhijna Shastra. No. (1) Agama
Shastra is believed to be of divine origin. >>>

Fundamental
Aspect of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism
The six systems of Hindu
Philosophy are Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Saankhya, Yoga, Mimaamsa and Vedanta.
There are also many other schools of thought in India, but all are the
variations of these six systems termed the Hindu Philosophy.
>>>

Tantricism
in Kashmir
Nature has lavishly endowed Kashmir with certain distinctive favours which
hardly find a parallel in any alpine land of the world. Set in the womb of
the Himalayas and gifted with beautiful and inspiring natural scenery, it
emerged as a highly advanced seat of learning from very early times,
taking its place along with the famous Universities of Taksasila and
Nalanda.>>>

Kashmir
Tantrism
Tantra Shastra is one of the most misunderstood subjects not only in India
but throughout the world. In popular thought and imagination a Tantrik is
a person who dabbles in strange, awful and mysterious rites involving
visits to cremation grounds and use of wine and women. He is feared also
because he is credited with powers of inflicting harm as also of bringing
relief and good fortune. >>>

Kashmir
Saivism
In this article we shall essay
a brief exposition of the vision of Reality, the destiny of man, and the
way and discipline leading to that destiny, as formulated in the system of
spiritual philosophy known as Trika-sasana or Trika-sastra or simply Trika,
and, more rarely, also as Rahasya-sampradaya and Tryambaka-sampradaya. It
must have been an important system at the time of Madhavacarya to merit an
inclusion as Pratyabhijna-darsana in his compendium Sarva-darsana-sangraha.
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“Kashmira
parvati paroksha, tat swami ch Maheshwara” Kashmir is as
beautiful as Parvati manifest, and who’s Lord is Shiva himself. This ancient proclamation from the
scriptures of Kashmir, and duly recorded by Kalhana in the Rajtarangani, tells
in the most intimate terms of the presence of Shiva and Shaivism in Kashmir.